Chapter 138: Seizing

"Nonsense!"

Xuanji looked coldly at Dilong, saying, "This little fellow is definitely a genuine human being. A Void Behemoth? Dilong, you really have an active imagination. Where on earth does this little fellow look anything like a Void Behemoth?"

"Hehe!" Dilong chuckled unconcernedly. "Xuanji, you don't need to be angry. Just think about it—who else would dare to absorb the Origin essence so directly? Would you dare?"

Xuanji fell silent.

The Origin essence had indeed been absorbed.

However, there was one major limitation to this.

The power of the Origin essence was far too violent.

Apart from Void Behemoths, no one else dared to absorb it directly.

Neither the Monster clan nor the Demon clan could manage it, to say nothing of the Human clan, whose physical constitution is the weakest among the three races.

Even Xuanji, in his majesty as a King, would likely sustain injuries if he absorbed it directly.

Such a treasure needed to be ground down and gradually absorbed with the aid of specialized instruments.

Normally, a peak General-tier expert would need at least three months to fully absorb a single piece of Origin essence.

Mourinho suddenly spoke, "That is not necessarily the case. This little fellow seems to specialize in physical cultivation."

Dilong shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Even so, it's still impossible."

"Unless his physical body alone is strong enough to battle Divine Generals!"

How could that be possible!

All four Kings were present, and Fang Qingyun's physical body was at most at the peak General-tier.

Furthermore, he was hardly among the very top tier of peak Generals.

Then how did he pull it off?

The several Kings fell into deep thought.

However, one thing was certain: after absorbing the Origin essence, Fang Qingyun's power had undoubtedly increased tremendously.

In terms of psionic energy, he had even broken through directly to the General-tier.

Psionic energy now reinforced his physical body.

At this moment, Fang Qingyun probably genuinely possessed the ability to fight against the top-tier peak Generals of the three major races.

At this thought, Xuanji's expression softened slightly.

The expressions of the Spider King and the Demon King, however, became rather unsightly.

Dilong, on the other hand, remained cheerful.

The next moment, what Fang Qingyun did next made the Spider King's expression even uglier, turning slightly ashen.

The Human King and the Demon King, meanwhile, almost burst out laughing.

...

At this moment, Fang Qingyun was rapidly approaching a city.

It was a city belonging to the Monster clan.

The Storm Continent belonged to the core territory of the Monster clan, and it possessed two extremes here.

One was that the Monster clan's combat strength was extremely formidable.

The other was that the Monster clan's combat strength was extremely poor.

After all, the Storm Continent had seen no warfare for countless years, and many Monster clan members born and raised here had never fought a single battle in their lives.

Unless they went to other continents for tempering or were dispatched by the upper echelons, these were merely warriors assigned to protect the noble families of the Monster clan on the Storm Continent.

Today, an angel of death had arrived.

"Wuwu!"

Just as Fang Qingyun approached within five thousand meters of the city, he was detected by the Monster clan's city.

Inside the city, urgent alarm sirens began to wail.

Monster warriors appeared one after another along the city walls.

Fang Qingyun came to a halt.

He could sense countless sniper rifles locked onto him.

"Human, this place does not belong to you. Get lost!"

A loud shout rang out.

"Hehe!" Fang Qingyun chuckled and said in a clear voice, "I merely wish to enter the city for resupply. I hope you can make things convenient for me."

"Impossible!" The Monster warriors were so angry they almost laughed.

Resupply?

Coming to a Monster city for resupply?

Where did mere food get such confidence?

Under normal circumstances, they would have already dispatched an army to capture this human and use him as food to help him with his "resupply."

Today was different from the past; the battle for the Origin essence had put the Storm Continent on high alert.

The upper echelons had issued strict orders: all cities were to be completely sealed off, with no entry or exit allowed.

Not even members of the Monster clan were permitted to enter the cities.

The battle for the Origin essence would end in a month at most.

It was precisely because of this reason that they had been extremely high-strung, spotting Fang Qingyun from several thousand meters away.

"It seems you are not going to cooperate!" Fang Qingyun shook his head and drew his sniper rifle.

"Open fire!"

Seeing this, the Monster warriors immediately shouted out their orders.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Sniper bullets streaked through the air toward Fang Qingyun.

At the same time, small artillery shells came raining down from the sky.

"Oh damn!"

Fang Qingyun was startled.

Looking at the shells filling the sky, he was left speechless.

Is this the power of a single city?

Oh, right, that wasn't just any ordinary city; it belonged to the large-scale category.

Well, that went without saying.

Fang Qingyun turned and bolted, sprinting hundreds of meters in a flash of lightning to evade the artillery bombardment.

"Click!"

Fang Qingyun chambered a round in his sniper rifle and aimed at the city.

"Bang!"

The gunshot rang out!

On the city wall, the head of a Monster warrior exploded.

"Damn it, hit him hard! Blast him to pieces!"

A Monster General roared in fury, issuing orders for even more artillery shells to rain down on Fang Qingyun.

Fang Qingyun kept running.

With his speed, this level of artillery fire could not hit him.

As for the snipers, it went without saying; trying to hit a moving target from a thousand meters away required top-tier snipers.

Did the Monster clan have such snipers?

They did!

Would they be dispatched here?

They would not!

Even if the Monster clan had such snipers, there wouldn't be many, and they would definitely be deployed at various borders to snipe at Monster and Demon combatants.

Thus, a game between Fang Qingyun and the Monster city began.

Fang Qingyun would run for a bit, then stop to fire a few rounds at the city.

Every single time, he was guaranteed to reap results.

Then he would resume running to evade the enemy's sniper fire and artillery attacks.

This drove the Monster Generals to roar in continuous rage.

They fired artillery frantically, but there were always gaps, which Fang Qingyun accurately seized to counterattack.

...

In the central district of the Monster city, there stood a magnificent mansion.

At this moment, a middle-aged Monster raised his head in surprise and muttered, "What is going on? Did a battle break out?"

With his words, the music playing in the great hall stopped.

A guard immediately hurried in and reported, "Lord City Lord, it's a human, sniping at our warriors on the city wall from several thousand meters away."

"A human? Just one?"

Hearing this, the City Lord waved his hand, ordering the dancing Monster women to pause, and said coldly, "What? A single human managed to kick up such a fuss? No wonder the other clans always say that the Monsters on the Storm Continent have grown fat and have nothing else left. It seems that's true after all!"

Cold sweat instantly drenched the guard, and he hastily dropped to his knees.

"Hmph!" The City Lord snorted coldly. "Inform Ranshu to eliminate that human within ten minutes."

"Yes!"

The music struck up once more.

The Monster women resumed their dance.

Ranshu was none other than the general guarding the city.

Upon receiving the City Lord's command, he felt a massive headache coming on.

He also wanted to eliminate that human as quickly as possible, but the crux of the matter was that the human ran too fast and simply couldn't be hit.

Did they really have to open the city gates and charge out to take him down?

The opponent also seemed to be an extremely formidable sniper.

During the charge toward him, God knows how many men would die.

"Damn it!" Ranshu couldn't help cursing viciously. "Everyone talks big as if they're invincible under heaven, why don't you go out there and take care of him? What are you good for besides running your mouths?"

After muttering to himself, he looked back out at the human outside the city.

After a moment of thought, he shouted the order: "All cannon fodder units, open fire simultaneously and saturate the area within a hundred meters around that human."

"Yes!"

All the Monster artillery crews began adjusting their trajectories.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

In an instant, countless artillery shells soared into the air, completely blanketing a hundred-meter radius around Fang Qingyun.

Nowhere to run?

How could that be!

Fang Qingyun surged with a burst of speed, dashing out like lightning to escape the concentrated artillery barrage.

"How is that possible?"

Ranshu stared at Fang Qingyun in astonishment.

This fellow's speed had become even faster.

With a gloomy expression, he suddenly issued a new command.

"Huh?"

Fang Qingyun paused, looking thoughtfully at the Monster city, which had suddenly concealed its aura and looked like an empty ghost town.

Are they trying to lure me in?

If I don't go over, I won't be able to accomplish anything.

With the enemy completely turtling up, even if he wanted to fight, he couldn't find a target.

What should he do now?

Fang Qingyun was certain that if he got too close to the city, countless bullets would come flying at him.

In a fraction of a second, he would be buried by enemy gunfire.

And those were sniper bullets!

Not to mention the overwhelming artillery fire.

Never mind his constitution of 47; even a constitution of 57 wouldn't survive this.

Even a Divine General would be severely injured.

Fang Qingyun was baffled by the enemy's shameless tactics.

Though his own tactics were usually quite roguish as well.

...

"Hmph!"

On the city wall, Ranshu sneered, a look of triumph on his face.

Let's see what you do now!

Weren't you scurrying around everywhere like a rabbit?

Go on, keep going!

Unable to hold back, the guard whispered, "Lord Ranshu, Lord City Lord's order was to eliminate the target within ten minutes? This..."

Ranshu glanced sideways at the man and said, "Will the City Lord come up to the city wall?"

Besides wasting time on women, has that fat pig ever done anything else?

The city wall?

How could that noble lord ever let his precious feet step into such a filthy place?

"N-No, he won't!"

The guard was startled, then comprehension dawned on him. "So, I can go report that the human has been dealt with?"

"Right, go tell our Lord City Lord that the human has been taken care of, so he can calm his temper and go back to eating and drinking!"

Ranshu's tone dripped with sarcasm.

"But..." the guard hesitated. "What if fighting breaks out again..."

"Then tell Lord City Lord that another human has arrived!"

Ranshu said indifferently. "Besides, humans have been showing up frequently these past few days."

Humans did indeed show up often, but upon seeing such a massive city, they would invariably slip away quietly.

Who would be foolish enough to approach a giant city?

In the past, a city this size on the Storm Continent would definitely have a Divine General stationed there. Now, because of the battle for the Origin essence, all the Divine Generals had been pulled away, but peak Generals were definitely not lacking.

Only such a blockheaded human would be out of his mind and look for trouble with a city.

Ranshu was even wondering if he should just let the fellow approach.

Not to mention himself, there were three peak Generals right around him.

They would beat him to death!

"Huh?"

The guard suddenly let out a startled sound and asked, "Where did that human go?"

Ranshu was also taken aback. "Did he run away?"

"Forget it!"

Ranshu quickly shook his head and said, "Everyone's nerves have been taut lately. Under these circumstances, no one could possibly get close to the city. It's better that he left. Go make your report."

"Yes!"

Had Fang Qingyun left?

He had indeed left!

However, after wandering around for a bit, he had come right back.

Humans excelled at industrial production and maximizing the development of usable land.

The Monster clan, on the other hand, preferred raw nature!

Therefore, aside from cities and roads, the Storm Continent retained a great deal of forests and hills, while the number of high-altitude lakes was also quite substantial.

The area surrounding this city was relatively 'clean', yet a massive forest still remained.

Fang Qingyun was currently hiding within it, silently staring at the opposite city.

"If I destroy a city this big, I wonder how much military merit the Snake King will award me? How many good things can I exchange for it?"

Although he felt quite displeased with the Snake King.

Still, what was due to him could not be omitted.

He had earned this with his battle achievements, and he deserved it!

Up to this point, Fang Qingyun had already slain two peak General-tier Demons, one peak General-tier Monster, and nearly ten high-rank General-tier Demons and Monsters.

Along with a large batch of ordinary Monster soldiers.

Fang Qingyun had kept their signature tokens, storing them inside his spatial martial equipment, waiting to exchange them for military merit after the battle for the Origin essence concluded.

Unable to find the Origin essence, Fang Qingyun had set his sights on the Monster cities.

The four Kings watched with cold indifference.

They were also very curious: since Fang Qingyun had set his sights on this city, what could he possibly do?

As long as he dared to approach the city, the only outcome would be getting riddled into a sieve.

Even if he managed to get close, what could he achieve?

With the firepower of this city, if a Divine General came, they would be lucky to escape with their life.

Destroy it?

That required a King!

Fang Qingyun's method was actually very simple.

There was a small river near the city.

Of course, trying to use this small river to infiltrate the city was absolutely out of the question.

If nothing else, this stream, which somewhat resembled a moat, was still a considerable distance from the city.

Furthermore, the Monsters had anticipated that someone might use this waterway to enter the city, so they had specifically assigned a squad of clansmen to keep watch on the river.

There were even surveillance devices placed within the river itself.

Fang Qingyun swam silently through the river, and whenever he encountered a surveillance device, he simply blasted it to pieces.

Immediately, in the monitoring room within the Monster city, several Monsters sprang to their feet.

"Someone's coming!"

"Using the river?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"Quick, go report to the Chief."

"Yes!"

Soon, a delicate-looking Monster with sharp ears appeared in the monitoring room.

At that moment, the monitors were replaying the fleeting figure of Fang Qingyun that had just flashed past.

The moment he appeared, the surveillance feed immediately turned to static.

"A human? Was this the one fighting outside the city earlier?"

The Monster's voice rang out.

In contrast to his feminine appearance, his voice was very gentle.

Yet the Monsters present instinctively lowered their heads, showing extreme apprehension and even fear toward this individual.

"It's him!"

One of the Monsters said with absolute certainty.

"Then that makes it simple. Report it to General Ranshu!"

"Yes!"

The delicate Monster replayed Fang Qingyun's fleeting figure once more, a seductive smile playing at the corners of his lips.

"Interesting. What is he trying to do?"

"Infiltrate the city via the river? He can't possibly be that stupid, right? Besides, what can a single human accomplish by getting into the city? He'll only be killed!"

At that moment, Fang Qingyun had already surfaced.

Unsurprisingly, he was spotted immediately.

"There he is!"

A Monster shouted.

"Attack!"

Ranshu said coldly. "Use sniper fire! Prepare the artillery for a barrage, and this time, blast him into mincemeat for me!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

At that moment, Fang Qingyun struck first.

His distance from the city at this point was only a few hundred meters.

In that short span of time, it was enough for him to get off several shots.

This time, his targets were precisely the surveillance cameras mounted on the city walls.

Destroying them meant blinding the city's eyes.

In a single instant, every single camera along that entire wall was smashed to pieces.

Before the enemy could launch a counter-attack, Fang Qingyun dove back into the water and vanished in a flash.